ESSRI: Special Session on "Event-based Systems for Software Reuse and Integration"

The event-based approach has been considered as a promising direction for distributed system communication and integration over the past years. The event-based approach uses event registration and notification for system interoperation. Independent software systems can interconnected and collaborate by generating and consuming events within the event-based infrastructure. Loosely-coupled distributed systems can use events to drive business logic. By capturing dynamic behavior of participants, different event-based approaches applied various techniques to react to event occurrences effectively and actively. In addition to many research projects and industry applications, the paradigm has been incorporated into standard middleware platforms, such as J2EE, CORBA, and COM+.

The purpose of this special session is to bring together researchers and practitioners working with event-based approaches and event correlation techniques for software reuse and integration. The topics for submissions include, but are not limited to:
 

Event-based system architectures Event-based software component integration Active database technologies Event-based and active rule-based software reuse Event-based approaches for e-commerce Events in Web services and Grid services interconnection

Transaction management in event-based systems Events in workflow management systems Performance issues of event-based systems Event processing algorithms Case studies of messaging systems Event processing languages

Special session papers will be published in the IEEE volume proceedings of the IRI'05 main conference. Papers submitted to special sessions must be submitted through the IRI'05 conference manager system. *To submit to the special session, the authors must select "ESSRI: Special Session on Event-based Systems for Software Reuse and Integration" from the TOPIC list in the IRI05 submission webpage.* Papers submitted to the special session will be reviewed by the program committee of IRI’05.

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Malware has been on the rise rapidly, despite extensive efforts to contain them. Once only the bugaboo for PCs and wired networks, malware has found a new breeding ground in mobile devices that connect to the Internet using wireless technologies. Malware is also feared to be becoming more harmful with multiple attack vectors that infect pre-scanned targets.

This special session aims to provide a timely forum and opportunity for presenting current research on malware detection. Submissions from academia, industry, government, and practitioners are invited to present novel research in (but not limited to) the following areas:
 

Mobile Malware Bot Software Metamorphic and Polymorphic Malcode Malware Trend Analysis Malicious Steganography Phishing Attacks

Malware Propagation Intelligent Malware Malware Damage Assessment Risk Analysis of Malware Behavioral Analysis of Malware Analysis of Adware, Spyware, Hijackers, etc.

Submitted work must not substantially overlap works that have been published previously or are currently under review for publication elsewhere. Full paper manuscripts must be in English of length 4 to 6 pages (using the IEEE two-column template). Submissions should include the title, author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail address(es), tel/fax numbers, abstract, and postal address(es) on the first page. The authors are requested to indicate “MCDMA: Special Session on Malicious Code Detection and Malware Analysis” from the IRI 2005 TOPIC list in the IRI05 submission webpage.. Papers should be submitted to the conference web site: http://www.cs.fiu.edu/IRI05. In case web submission is not possible, manuscripts should be sent as an attachment via email to one of the Special Track Chairs listed below on or before the deadline date of April 21, 2005.

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SDFTR: Special Session at IEEE-IRI 05 on "Software Development, Framework, and Tools for REUSE"

Session Organizer and Chair:

Dr. Narayan C. Debnath,
Winona State University
Winona, MN 55987, U.S.A.
E-mail: ndebnath@winona.edu

Please submit Original research papers on all areas of Software Engineering, Information Technology, Software Development, Frameworks and Tools for REUSE.

All papers to this special session should be submitted via the conference website . If web submission is not possible, manuscripts should be sent as email attachments (WORD or PDF file) to the special session organizer. While submitting papers to this SDFTR special session, the authors must select "SDFTR: Special Session on Software Development, Framework, and Tools for Reuse" from the TOPIC list in the IRI05 submission webpage.

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SECI: Special Session on "Software Engineering with Computational Intelligence"

The constantly evolving technological infrastructure presents a daunting challenge of the development and assurance of software systems with increasing size and complexity. Software engineers and project managers are striving to address various problems observed during the different phases of the software development life cycle. However, though related research has seen the development of some important and useful software engineering paradigms, their technology-transfer on a larger scale has been extremely gradual. The recent emergence of computational intelligence techniques in software engineering has opened doors for exploiting the currently developed and mature techniques of fuzzy logic, artificial neural networks, case-based reasoning, machine learning, knowledge-based systems, evolutionary computing, and expert systems.

The Special Track on Software Engineering with Computational Intelligence will focus on the current research trends in the fusion of the computational intelligence and software engineering domains. The topics of particular interest to the special track include but are not limited to:
 

Fuzzy Logic Artificial Neural Networks Case-Based Reasoning Knowledge- and Rule-Based Systems Evolutionary Computing Hybrid Intelligent Systems Machine Learning and Data Mining Software Requirements and Specifications Software Cost and Effort Estimation

Formal Methods Software Measures and Soft Computing Software Testing Software Verification and Validation Software Quality and Reliability Estimation Context-aware Software Systems Autonomic Systems Web-based Systems

Submitted papers must not be previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Authors must adhere to all submission procedures of the 2005 IRI, including deadlines and paper format. At the time of submitting the paper via the IRI 2005 website,  the authors must select "SECI: Special Session on Software Engineering with Computational Intelligence" from the TOPIC list in the IRI05 submission webpage. In addition to submitting papers via the 2005 IRI web site (), authors are required to submit a copy of their paper(s) by email to Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar and Marek Reformat (Special Track Chairs) on or before April 21, 2005. A selection of those papers will also appear in a special issue of one of the journals related to Computational Intelligence and/or Software Engineering areas.

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SSW: Special Session on “Software Stability at Work”

Unlike many other engineering fields, the products produced through software engineering are largely intangible. Also, unlike the products of other engineering fields, software products are unlikely to remain stable over a long period of time. This problem is more than just an inconvenience for software engineers and software users. The reengineering that is required for these software products does not come without a price. It is not uncommon to hear of these reengineering projects costing hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. This does not take into account the time that is wasted by this continual reengineering process. Software defects and “deterioration” are caused by changes in software. Many of these changes cannot be avoided, but they can be minimized. Currently, when a change must be made to a software program, the entire program is often reengineered. It does not matter if the change required is due to new technology or to a change in clientele. The core purpose of the software product has not changed. Why then, must the entire project be reengineered to incorporate a change? This special session will examine the state of art and practice in software stability.

Submissions are invited for papers describing original unpublished, or currently under review, research results and meaningful experiences. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:

Manuscripts must be of length 4 to 6 pages (using the IEEE two-column template). Submissions should include the title, author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail address(es), tel/fax numbers, abstract, and postal address(es) on the first page. Papers should be submitted at the conference web site: http://www.cs.fiu.edu/IRI05 on or before the deadline date of April 21, 2005.  When submitting your paper via the IRI 2005 website, please select "SSW: Special Session on Software Stability at Work " from the TOPIC list in the IRI05 submission webpage. In addition to submitting papers via the 2005 IRI web site (), please submit a copy of your paper(s) by email to Mohamed Fayad and Haitham Hamza (Special Track Chairs). Papers will be reviewed by the program committee of the IRI 2005. 

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Special Session on “Text Engineering for Reuse" (TER)